House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
SOFTWARE Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 22, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3303, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
38 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 38 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Denny Heck (D-WA), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jim Matheson (D-UT), David McKinley (R-WV), Pete Olson (R-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Dennis Ross (R-FL) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
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- H.R. 2809 (113th) To delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- H.R. 61 (113th) Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
- H.R. 5160 (113th) To prevent the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive memorandum on August 15…
- H.R. 4070 (113th) Internet Freedom Act
- H.R. 762 (113th) Health Care Choice Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.